Chestnuts, Törggelen and golden trails – what to do with kids this autumn.
Running or coming up this autumn. Days that are over drop off automatically.
until Sat 31 OctIllustrative photo📍 Jenesien
Chestnut weeks on the Tschögglberg above Bolzano. Bus 158 now also serves Glaning and Nobls.
until Sun 1 NovIllustrative photo📍 Eisacktal
Restaurants and inns across the Eisacktal put chestnut dishes on the menu.
until Sun 8 NovIllustrative photo📍 Tisens-Prissian, Völlan, Lana
Chestnut days in the villages above Lana. Pair it with the chestnut experience trail in Völlan (see the hikes below).
until Sun 8 Nov📍 Feldthurns
Chestnut weeks in the village with about 3,300 chestnut trees. The programme includes a children's chestnut hike – Tourist Info Feldthurns (+39 0472 855 290) has the dates.
Wed 11 NovIllustrative photo📍 Partschins
St. Martin's lantern walk at 17:30, from the Partschins kindergarten to the church square.
Around 11 NovIllustrative photo📍 Many villages
On or around 11 November many villages and kindergartens hold their own lantern walk – ask at your kindergarten or the tourist office.
Chestnut, harvest and lantern events for families in the next few weeks.
Törggelen is South Tyrol's autumn feast: farms and wine taverns serve roast chestnuts, new wine and must, Schlutzkrapfen, speck and Krapfen. These places have something for kids – a playground, animals or a kids' menu.
💡 Book ahead (many farms only do Törggelen on some days), go at lunchtime with small kids – evenings get long and loud – and combine it with a short walk.
Merano & Burggrafenamt
📍 Lana
Adventure playground and mini zoo (goats, dwarf ponies, rabbits)
🗓️ Törggelen from early October; closed Tue & Wed
☎️ Booking recommended
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Eisacktal (Brixen, Klausen)
📍 Feldthurns
Playground in the garden; right on the Keschtnweg chestnut trail; 10 min from the village
🗓️ Early Sept – end of Nov, daily 11:00–18:00
☎️ Larger groups: please book
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Eggental (Val d'Ega)
📍 Oberkarneid, Karneid
Petting zoo and play meadow; big playground per family blog
🗓️ Open until 30 Nov, 9:00–20:00 (hot food 12–18); Törggelen on pre-order
☎️ Booking required
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Merano & Burggrafenamt
📍 Tscherms
Playground, kids' menus, step-free; reachable on foot or by car
🗓️ 1–31 Oct 2026, 12:00–20:00; closed Thursdays
☎️ Groups: booking recommended
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Merano & Burggrafenamt
📍 Töll, Partschins
Nice playground
🗓️ Until 31 Oct 2026, daily 14:00–22:00; Törggelen on pre-order (cold dishes)
☎️ Booking required
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Merano & Burggrafenamt
📍 St. Leonhard in Passeier
Playground; path is buggy-friendly (20 min walk), also reachable by car
🗓️ Törggelen in autumn, until 30 Nov 2026; closed Tuesdays
☎️ Groups: booking recommended
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Merano & Burggrafenamt
📍 Dorf Tirol
Playground described as 'a paradise for our little guests'
🗓️ Until 8 Nov 2026
☎️ Pre-orders possible
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Bolzano/Bozen & surroundings
📍 Glaning, Jenesien
Nice playground (family blog)
🗓️ Jenesien chestnut weeks, 11–31 Oct 2026; closed Tuesdays
☎️ Booking recommended
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Bolzano/Bozen & surroundings
📍 Atzwang (Ritten)
Play options for kids; small family winery, food can take a while (family blog)
🗓️ Early Oct – mid-Dec: Wed–Sat evenings from 18:00, Fri–Sun lunch from 12:00
☎️ Booking required
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Bolzano/Bozen & surroundings
📍 Lengstein, Ritten
Very big playground – kids won't want to leave it (family blog)
🗓️ October/November, lunchtime only
☎️ Booking required
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Bolzano/Bozen & surroundings
📍 Oberlengmoos, Klobenstein (Ritten)
Farm animals kids can help feed and look after (goats etc.; oxen only on summer pasture), games and books on rainy days; playground per family blog
🗓️ Törggelen menu in autumn; days not published – ask
☎️ Booking recommended
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Unterland (Bassa Atesina)
📍 Termeno (Tramin)
Garden with children's playground
🗓️ On the Wine Road's Törggelen list; days not published
☎️ Booking recommended
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Eisacktal (Brixen, Klausen)
📍 Guln, Feldthurns
Deer enclosure, farm animals and a farm museum; step-free; big car park
🗓️ Törggelen in autumn with live music; 2026 days not published
☎️ Booking recommended
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
Vinschgau (Val Venosta)
📍 Pfossental, Schnals
Small playground and pedal tractors; ONLY reachable on foot (~1.5 h hike). Better for older kids – evenings are long and loud (family blog)
🗓️ Törggele evenings with registration, Fri/Sat, to about 3 Nov (secondary source)
☎️ Booking required
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
⚠️ Please check: Dates from a secondary source – confirm with the farm
Unterland (Bassa Atesina)
📍 Cortaccia (Kurtatsch)
Playground while adults relax; big car park
🗓️ Open Mar–Nov, closed Wednesdays; Törggelen only as a private booking
☎️ Booking required
🪑 Ask about high chairs when booking
⚠️ Please check: Private Törggelen bookings only – ask
Chestnut trails, vineyard paths and woodland walks. Tap a card for the route details.
Illustrative photo📍 Pinzano (Pinzon) · Unterland (Bassa Atesina)
4.1 km · 1 h 10 min · ↑140 m
A short loop through the Pinot Noir vineyards above Montan, right in wine-harvest and Törggelen country.
Illustrative photo📍 Cortaccia (Kurtatsch) · Unterland (Bassa Atesina)
8.4 km · 2 h 27 min · ↑287 m
Vineyard walk along the Wine Road above Kurtatsch; buggy-friendly according to the official listing.
Illustrative photo📍 Trodena (Truden) · Unterland (Bassa Atesina)
2 km
Short forest loop in the Trudner Horn nature park with masks in the trees and a treasure chest – a cosy autumn woodland walk.
Illustrative photo📍 Aldino (Aldein) · Unterland (Bassa Atesina)
6.8 km · 1 h 58 min · ↑225 m
Woodland and meadow loop to a small lake on the Aldein plateau; the source lists it for summer and winter.
Illustrative photo📍 Völlan · Merano & Burggrafenamt
2.5 km · 49 min · ↑72 m
A themed chestnut trail in the village that hosts the Keschtnriggl chestnut days (15 Oct – 8 Nov 2026).
Illustrative photo📍 Marling · Merano & Burggrafenamt
1.1 km · 30 min · ↑92 m
23 play stations at the forest edge, starting on the Marling Waalweg – combine with Törggelen at Haidenhof (playground) further along the Waalweg.
Illustrative photo📍 Marling · Merano & Burggrafenamt
7.9 km · 2 h 0 min · ↑485 m
The classic flat-ish irrigation-channel path above the orchards and vineyards of Meran; Törggele farms with playgrounds lie on/near it (Haidenhof, Unterweirachhof in Töll).
📍 Magdfeld · Merano & Burggrafenamt
5 km · 1 h 15 min · ↑69 m
Buggy-friendly, almost flat walk along the Passer into Meran; add the Zauberweg in Riffian for a play stop.
📍 Brixen Stadt · Eisacktal (Brixen, Klausen)
15.7 km · 4 h 55 min · ↑815 m
THE chestnut trail. Feldthurns alone has about 3,300 chestnut trees; Radoar Hof (playground) sits right on the trail. Do a short stretch around Feldthurns rather than the full route.
📍 St. Peter - Villnöss · Eisacktal (Brixen, Klausen)
6.6 km · 2 h 1 min · ↑322 m
Sunny-side panorama path facing the Geisler peaks – the source lists it for summer and winter, so it suits late autumn too.
📍 Raas · Eisacktal (Brixen, Klausen)
2.2 km · 40 min · ↑40 m
Flat, buggy-friendly nature trail on the Natz plateau, the apple-growing plateau above Brixen.
📍 St. Oswald - Kastelruth · Bolzano/Bozen & surroundings
7.6 km · 2 h 25 min · ↑307 m
Loop around Lengstein on the Ritten – end with Törggelen at Zunerhof (big playground, lunch only, book ahead).
Illustrative photo📍 Nobls · Bolzano/Bozen & surroundings
8.3 km · 2 h 34 min · ↑396 m
Themed trail on the Tschögglberg during Jenesien's chestnut weeks (11–31 Oct 2026); bus 158 now serves Glaning and Nobls.
📍 Karersee · Eggental (Val d'Ega)
8.7 km · 2 h 30 min · ↑220 m
A giant boulder labyrinth kids love to scramble through, at ~1,900 m – go in Sept/Oct; snow is possible from November.
📍 Lichtenberg · Vinschgau (Val Venosta)
7.4 km · 2 h 0 min · ↑167 m
Through the Vinschgau apple orchards – the apple harvest is an autumn job here.
🧒 The age tip is our own suggestion based on length and ascent, not from the source.
These autumn traditions have passed for 2026. Put them in next year's calendar.
Next yearIllustrative photo🗓️ Usually early – mid October
Decorated cows come down from the summer pastures – a big day out for the whole village. Usually from early to mid-October, for example on the Seiser Alm, in the Gsieser Tal, in Jenesien and in Rein in Taufers.
Next year🗓️ Mid-October (2026: 16–18 Oct)
Bands, decorated floats and kids in traditional dress parade through the centre of Merano. The 2027 date isn't out yet.
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